Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-14

The Sault Ste. Marie canal In June did
the heaviest business IL ever did. An av-
erage of SO vessels per day went through
the locks, and the total tonnage was nearly
1000, 900.
Levi Bacon. the late Michigan man who
was Sl7, 900 short In his accounts as iinan-
cial agent of the patent Office, is believed
to have dropped the money for campaign
assessments.
Charley Hubbard. aged years, son of
Conductor Hubbard of the Grand Trunk
railroad. while playing ball was struck on
the nose by batted hall and gradually
! bed 10 death.
Senator Palmer has 800 papers of gov
eminent seeds for experimental use and
will send them To farmers on application.
personally or by mail mt his Office In the
Merrill block, Detroit.
| The lO-year old son of John Whitbeck
was shot by a toy cannon at Jackson oil
the Fourth, one shot penetrating his arm
and another his abdomen and liver. IL Is
| feared that hi =, nries are fatal.
| Mr.. Sam Lee Il Kalamazoo has just re-
turned from China, bringing with him
four other pagans. Lee is Shanghai
| Chhaman and has been back to fair
Cathay Tor thereabouts) for three years.
James Crofty of Detroit pioneer Of
Oakland county, died in Adrian recently
in his SD year. A daughter, Mrs. Joseph
| Raymond If Detroit, was with him. The
remains were removed to Detroit for burial.
Some insurance companies have In
structed their agents not Ia take any more
insurance IN the village of Morenci until
the matter of saloon license is settled, as
| they deem the risk from incendiary fires
too great.
David Turrell, aged IS years, proprietor
Of the Occidental house in Flint, died on
the 9th inst He was among the earliest
settlers of Genesee county, and had for
many years been in the front ranks of the
hotel men of the state.
| a nine-year old son of S. Lindsey of
Quincy was run away with while riding a
horse from the field and thrown from the
animals back. His feet caught In the
harness and he was dragged some distance,
receiving fatal injuries
A special train on the Duluth. South
Shore & Atlantic road ran over Peter Has
sell, section man, al Spur mine, near
L'Anse. On picking up the remains they
were found cold, and foul play is suspect
ed. He leaves Il family in Sweden.
III
her residence on Mason street, with strych-
nine. She was 80 years of age and has
been partially deranged since an attack of
typhoid fever one year ago. she has re-
sided in that county for many years
Colon citizens have subscribed 81, 900 as
an nducement 10 competent teacher to
establish college" there This offer is
occasioned by the failure of Prof. Kern To
come to Colon, the Sherwood people hav-
ing prevailed upon him to remain there.
Mr.. Edwin Y. Clarke of Coldwater. who
gave that city an elegant library building.
has now added TO his gift valuable lot of
| land which Is so situated that so long as
between the library and the new court
| house.
An old man named Moore. whose resi-
dence was near Five Lakes, disappeared
from home July 3, and two days later his
body was found In the woods with the
throat cut. 1t is not known whether IL
was murder or suicide. but the matter will
be looked into.
The sweetheart of Charles Beegle of
Big Greek township, Oscoda county, ar
rived there June 2s, direct from Germany.
She travelled alone and was twenty-nine
lance to he married TO Charley. And
they were married.
Mayor Shackelton of Saginaw, has an
| offer of 10000 acres of heavy Missouri
timber land. lying from one to ten miles
from the Mississippi river at - per acre,
and desires five or ten capitalists TO join
him and form company 10 purchase il.
He thinks ii bonanza for some one.
Ill H.
aged 90. IL is alleged, was shot by his son
the other night and died the next morning.
They uuarreled over So board bill. Nes-
vlr was shot in the stomach. The son is
in Jail and claims he didn't do the shoot
ing. The coroner's jury are now investi-
eating.
The barn of Horace Wilcox. two miles
northwest of Charlotte, was struck by
lightning the other night and burned to
the ground with the contents, including
so tons of hay, 1000 bushels of wheat.
two calves, one wagon and other farming
tools. The loss will reach S., 900, insur-
ance unknown.
The Air Line passenger train struck
team and wagon one mile east OF Wasepi,
the other night killing the horses and
probably fatally injuring Albert and Levi
Strong of NOttawa. Ernest Hunt of Le-
onidas, the other occupant of the wagon.
escaped with slight injuries. The others
will probably die.
Justice Lewis Darrah. one of the pio-
neers and oldest residents of Monroe county,
died few days ago ut Monroe of paralysis,
aged so. He was anative of Pennsylvania,
and came to Monroe county nearly sixty
years ago. He had held several public
Offices, and discharged his duties as justice
up TO two weeks before his death.
Killmaster, the Altoona county point at
which contract has been let for the Dor
ing of an oil WELL Is recently established
postofiice 10 miles west of Harrisville. 1t
has already population Of 200. and will
have big increase If oil is struck. From
surface indications it Is thought good
flow will ensue before the well is 500 feet
deep.
Oliver Morehouse, an old resident of
Portland, is dead, aged %. He enlisted
I'm the war Of 1912 when resident of
Saratoga. n. Y, afterwards removing TO
Dearborn. this state, where with wolves
on the one hand and savages on the other,
he cleared a little spot in the forest and
built home. The remains were taken TO
Dearborn for burial.
A company with SO, 800, 600 capital has
been organized in East Saginaw to carry
on the Durand railroad project The
following are the directors: A. w. Wright,
w. r. Burt, L. ii. Ketchum, w. c. Nc
Clure, Charles w. Wells, +. G. Stone,
Thos. Merrill, f. w. Knowlton, John A.
Edgar and J. NJ. Ashley, jr All but Ash
ley are residents Of Saginaw.